'Be Her' Hits No. 1 on Country Airplay — and It Got There Faster Than Anything Else She's Done

We told you a couple days ago to keep an eye on "Be Her." Here's the payoff: on the chart dated June 6, "Be Her" climbed the last spot to No. 1 on Billboard's Country Airplay chart. That's the big one — the national radio chart that measures what's actually getting played on country stations across the country, not just one panel — and it's now Ella's fourth time on top of it.

What makes this one stand out is how fast she got there. "Be Her" reached the summit in its 15th week, which Billboard notes is her quickest climb yet, a hair faster than "Choosin' Texas," which took 16 weeks to get there earlier this year. We don't usually get excited about a one-week difference, but the direction of travel matters: every single she puts out seems to find its footing at radio a little sooner than the last one. That's what it looks like when an artist goes from "the new thing" to "the thing programmers just trust."

It's also worth pausing on the company she's keeping at the top now. "Be Her" follows "Choosin' Texas," which led for three weeks back in February and March, plus her two Riley Green collaborations, "Don't Mind If I Do" and "You Look Like You Love Me," both of which spent a week at No. 1 over the past couple of winters. Four Country Airplay No. 1s in roughly 18 months, with two of them solo, is a stretch most artists would take a whole career to put together.

The timing isn't lost on us either. This lands "amid the 2026 tour," with the Dandelion run rolling through the summer and Ella out on a string of stadium dates — she was in Denver just last night opening Morgan Wallen's stop at Empower Field. Nothing sells a song at radio quite like 80,000 people hearing it live and going home to look it up.

So that's the radio crown locked up. We'll be watching to see how long "Be Her" can hold it, and whether the next single off "Dandelion" gets to No. 1 even faster. At the rate she's going, we wouldn't bet against it.